The President of the United States on his sole decision deploys troops anywhere in the world, blockades and embargoes foreign countries, imposes trade tariffs, and engages in election cycle credit inflation.

I once embargoed your own country because your Queen banned the Guild, did you know that?

Publishers were also upset that the ruling prohibits collaborations between scientists in the US and embargoed countries.

Origen

A Spanish word, from embargar ‘to arrest’. When it was first used in English, embargo referred to an order prohibiting ships from entering or leaving a country's ports, usually just before a war. These days it is an official ban on trade with a particular country.